UCF bounces back from rough special teams play with two blocks at Tulsa

3:54 p.m. EST, November 19, 2012|By Paul Tenorio, Orlando Sentinel

ORLANDO — A week after having a field goal and punt blocked, UCF bounced back to block two kicks during a loss to Tulsa on Saturday.

Junior DT Jose Jose got his hand on an extra point in the third quarter and Cam Henderson got up to block a fourth quarter field goal attempt.

It was the first blocked extra point for UCF since E.J. Dunston blocked one at UAB last season.

"The key is to get push and then get the hands up," UCF coach George O'Leary said during his weekly television show. "Too many guys try to get height before they get push and close the distance so you get the angle of that ball. I thought the defensive line did a great job on both the PAT and the blocked field goal as far as getting push and then elevating. It was well done."

Henderson's effort to get up and stop the Golden Hurricane's 29-yard field goal attempt gave UCF life by keeping Tulsa's lead at two points. It left open the possibility of a game-winning field goal. The Knights could not cash in. QB Blake Bortles was sacked twice and then threw the final attempt away to end UCF's last effort.

"That's how you want to end that game," O'Leary said of the blocked field goal. "Even though we didn't play as well as we would've liked, you had a chance to win that game."